The former girlfriend of a New Florence man accused of brutally attacking her earlier this month left the office of Magisterial District Judge Denise Snyder Thiel Friday without having to testify after he waived his preliminary hearing. More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Penn State has settled a court fight with its insurer over payments to victims of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a case that revealed new allegations about how early late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno kn More...

The New York Post, a Rupert Murdoch tabloid publication that isn’t likely to win any Pulitzer Prizes anytime soon, splashed a full page picture of a smiling Jennifer Anniston on its Sept. 21 front cover. More...

Seven St. Vincent College and Archabbey employees were honored for 25 years of service at a Sept. 21 luncheon for all employees at the Fred M. Rogers Center on the Unity Township campus. Hosted by Archabbot Douglas R. More...

Westmoreland County Community College Homecoming will be holding Homecoming Week events from Monday, Sept. 25, to Saturday, Oct. 1, at the WCCC Youngwood campus. All Westmoreland students, alumni and families are invited to attend Homecoming Week. More...

Rebecca Wu of Derry recently participated in the Multicultural Student Bridge Program at Lebanon Valley College, the Annville campus reported Friday. Wu is a graduate of Derry Area High School and is pursuing a bachelor of arts in undeclared/ o More...

ANew York City man will face the original 75 criminal counts and three additional counts related to an alleged fraudulent credit card scam in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas following a preliminary hearing Friday before District Judge D More...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Violet Peluso made sure she was at the front of the group, where she could see the teacher and her rabbit puppet. When the music started, she joined her first-grade classmates in their rendition of “The Magic C Rap More...

This is a list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent hearings of Westmoreland County criminal court. Some of these cases involve first-time offenders enrolled in the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program. More...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun. More...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ted Cruz announced Friday he will vote for Donald Trump, a dramatic about-face that may help unite a deeply divided Republican Party months after the fiery Texas conservative called Trump a “pathological liar” and “utterly amoral.” More...

The Greater Latrobe football team found itself in a place Friday night that it hadn’t been in a long time. No, not playing at Penn- Trafford High School. The Wildcats get to make that trip every other year. More...

LONDON (AP) — Terry Jones, one of the founding members of comedy troupe Monty Python, has been diagnosed with dementia. In a statement released by Britain’s film academy, a representative says the 74-year-old has primary progressive More...